Networking

• Indexing societies
• Tips and hints
• General e-lists
• Special interest e-lists
• Software/computer related e-lists
• Thesaurus related e-lists

Indexing societies

ANZSI is party to the International Agreement between indexing societies around the world (ICRIS). Many of these societies produce a newsletter and/or various publications. Their websites also provide links to useful information.

• • American Society for Indexing (ASI)
  • Association of Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers of Ireland
  • Association of Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers (ASAIB)
  • China Society of Indexing (CSI) (in Chinese)
  • Deutsches Netzwerk der Indexer (DNI) / German Network of Indexers
  • Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d’indexation (ISC/SCI)
  • Nederlands Indexers Network (NIN) / Netherlands Indexing Network
  • Society of Indexers (SI) (British and Irish)

ASI Groups

ANZSI members are eligible to join indexing-related Special Interest Groups of the American Society for Indexing. See here for details:

Special Interest Groups

Tips and hints

• ‘Tips and hints: searching the Index-L discussion list archives‘, Mary Russell, ANZSI Newsletter, 2010, vol. 6, no. 4, pg. 5
• ‘Tips and hints: indexing mailing lists‘, Glenda Browne, ANZSI Newsletter, 2010, vol. 6, no. 8, pg. 9

General email lists

• aliaINDEXERS. This is the ‘official’ ANZSI list so Australians and New Zealanders involved in indexing are encouraged to join
• INDEX-L. A mailing list intended to promote good indexing practice, by providing a forum for discussion, tips and hints. Archives are available
• Index Peers Reviewers. A support group which reviews and comments on each others’ indexes
• Indexstudents. For those interested in indexer education (both beginning and continuing)
• Online Discussion Groups

Special interest email lists

• ‘ASI invites ANZSI members to join its Special Interest Groups’, Annette Rogers, ANZSI Newsletter, 2011. vol. 7, no. 7, pg. 8
• American Society for Indexing Special Interest Groups (SIGs): Special Information for Indexing Association Members, Affiliated SIG Information
• Business
• Culinary
• Digital Publications Indexing
• Gardening & environmental studies
• History & archaeology
• Legal
• Periodical & database indexing: contact Moira Calder at periodicals@shaw.ca
• Science & medicine
• Sports & fitness
• Taxonomies & controlled vocabularies

Software & computer related email lists

• Cindex users
• MacIndexers
• SkyIndex users

Thesaurus related email lists

• Faceted Classification Discussion (FCD)
• SIGCR-L for classification research
• SIGIA-L for information architecture
• TaxoCoP for taxonomies